music
Jazzin' it up
Thirty years ago, KU's jazz department was non-existent.In fact, jazz was considered taboo at KU. Now,the University is home to one of the most elite jazz programs in the country.
By Sara Bennett Special to the Kansar
n the '60s, jazz was not considered appropriate at KU Music students who wanted to practice jazz had to do it behind closed doors.
Times have changed.
KU's jazz program is increasingly recognized as one of the best in the nation, consistently winning top honors and performance opportunities within prestigious jazz circles.
"We're seen by those in-theknow as a really up and coming program," said Dan Gailey, director of jazz studies. "We're gaining a reputation."
That reputation, combined with hard work and talent has earned the Jazz Singers, KU's top jazz choir, featured appearances at the International Association of Jazz Educators convention two out of the past three years. Last year, both the singers and Jazz
Ensemble I were given Outstanding Performance awards at the Down Beat Student Music Awards.
"That award basically placed us among the top three or four groups in the country," said Gailey. "It usually goes to a handful of schools who are known to be strong. We call them the 'heavies.' For us to crack that group was really special."
This year, Jazz Ensemble I has been invited to perform at the 46th Annual Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. They will also appear at the University of Northern Colorado/Greelev Jazz Festival.
Each year, one group is chosen from the United States to perform with a featured guest at the band and orchestra clinic. This is the first time a KU group has been invited.
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At the heart of the KU jazz program is the Jazz 1 ensemble. Members of Jazz 1, pictured clockwise from left, are Dan Gailey, director of jazz studies; Andrew Lankford, Greensboro, N.C., graduate student, on trombone; and Paul Haar, Fremont, Neb., senior, on saxophone.
Photos by Daron J. Bennett / KANSAN
nightlife
Pub crawl offers minors rare musical treat
Lawrence Pub Crawl
Tickets for the Lawrence Pub Crawl, Sept. 23 and 24, are $6 for a one-day pass and $10 for two days. Thirty-five bands will perform at seven bars. In Lawrence, tickets can be purchased at Love Garden or Recycled Music Center. In Kansas City, they are available at Dirt Cheap Recycled Sounds and Spiney Norman's.
Admitting 18 and over
the bottleneck
Wednesday: Keely
Zoo, Groovehead,
Crystal, Crayton,
Why Doctors?
Lonesome
Houndges.
Down and Under
Wednesday; Arson
Carnival, Sleezetax,
Slack Jaw,
Dracomagnet.
Thursday; Ten Spot,
Cher, Roach Factory,
Joe Worker.
Club 21
Wednesday: Milthous
Nixons, Kill Creek,
Fang O Love.
Thursday: Take a
Joke, Purple Indians,
Psychodelivers.
Must be 21
Source: Who'sinations
**Rick's Place**
Wednesday:
Camberwell Green, The
Lonesome Hobos.
Thursday: Jolly
Ranchers, Parlor Frogs.
**The Crossing**
Wednesday: Steal
Mary, The Industry.
Thursday: Zen
Farmers, Eros.
**Hockenbury Tavern**
Wednesday: John
Dillon & the Rob Roys,
Monterey Jack.
IDxplosion, Thursday:
John Paul & the Hell
Hounds, Nathan Berg
Trio, Heil Cat Trio.
**The Jazzhaus**
Wednesday: Chubby
Sports & Life
The Jazzhaus
Wednesday: Chubby
Smith & His Orchestra
By Mark Martin
Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Dan Schauer / KAN5AN
en Darling, Manhattan sophomore, can't see only bands in Lawrence. He not 21.
"It pisses me off when I can't go out and see a friend's band play at the Bottleneck or the Down and Under," said Darling, president of Hashinger Hall.
Theatre. Darling, who organizes the shows, said there would be one or two a month. The next show will be Oct.
9th with Zoom and Cylon Raider.
"Most of the shows last year were pretty successful," he said. "There's a lot of people who can't get into shows at bars who want to live local music. These all ages shows are sure to capture, and it gets more people involved in the music scene."
So Darling is doing something about it.
So Dirling is doing something about it. This year, like last, Hashinger will host hands-on workshops.
Aside from Hashinger's shows, some bars do have occasional 18 and over shows. But if a band is playing in town, chances are that many KU students will not be able to see the show.
Kaine, who is co-founder of Who'sinations, a student-run magazine in Lawrence, is coordinator of the Lawrence Pub Crawl. Who'sinations is sponsoring the Pub Crawl, which will take place Wednesday and Thursday. The Pub Crawl includes 35 area bands playing at seven Lawrence bars. Tickets for a two-day pass, which allows fans to go from bar to bar, will cost $10. One a-day pass is $6.
"It sucks," said Samantha Kaine, Mission Hills sophomore. "There's a lot of people who want to support local bards and they can't. It cuts out a whole cross-section of people."
Three of the seven bars involved in the Pub Crawl will have 18-and-over shows. Kaine said she asked all the bars to admit everyone who was at least 18 years old.
The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., will have 18- and over shows on both nights for the Pub Crawl. Brett Mosiman, owner of The Bottleneck, said his bar tried to have one or two 18- and over shows a month.
"A lot of the national acts we get wont play if we limit the audience to 21 and over," he said. "And we're committed to doing the 18-and-over shows because it's good for the Lawrence music scene."
Mosman said The Bottleneck had started having an 18- and over night every Sunday called Groove Alley. He said Groove Alley featured alternative music.
Chris Cosgrove, drummer for Zoom and a manager at Down and Under, 801 New Hampshire St., said most bars did not offer 18-and-over shows for financial reasons.
"When a band plays at a bar, the band usually gets the money from the door," he said. "The bar just makes money off drink sales. So obviously, if there are 18-year-olds in the bar who can't drink, the bar makes less money."
The Down and Under will be 18 and over for the Pub Crawl. Cosgrove said that when the Down and Under has these shows, they limit the number of minors in the bar to 25.
Tanya Haller, a manager at The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Massachusetts St., said her bar did not offer 18 and over shows because it was too much of a hassle.
"It's too hard to control," she said. "One way or another, once an 18-year-old is in the bar, they'll find a way to get a drink."
Lt. Mark Brothers of the Lawrence Police said he thought most bars did a good job of handling younger crowds in their bars.
"How well a bar marks a person entering the bar and how well they monitor them inside the bar are the two things of concern for us," he said. "Overall, we haven't seen too many problems. But it varies from bar to bar and night to night."
Mosman said The Bottleneck rarely had to throw minors out for drinking.
"They usually respect the fact that we're taking a risk by letting them in, so they don't drink," he said.
Both Darling and Kaine said that Lawrence needed more 18 and over shows.
15-and-over shows.
He said his band always liked to play at 18-
and over shows.
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"Those shows have better crowds," he said. "They're a lot more enthusiastic."
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Exhibitions
Spencer Museum of Art 864-4710
Hours: Closed Monday; 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday; noon: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday,
Contemporary Japanese Prints and Ceramics through Sept. 25.
Baldwin Lee Photographs through Sept. 2.
Seeking the Floating World: The Japanese Spirit and Turn of the Century French Art through Oct. 4.
Keith Haring Prints, Williams Burroughs
text through Oct. 11.
An Exhibit of American Indian Flutes through Oct. 25
An Exhibit of Navajo Textiles through Oct 25.
KU Museum of Natural History 864-4540
Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday; 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday; Closed Sunday.
"Venus Unveiled: Images from the Magelian Mission" through Sept. 24.
"Chill Out with Penguins!" Saturday Sept. 26.
Fall Nature Hike, Saturday and Sunday,
Sept. 26 and 27
AU Museum of Anthropology 864-4245
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